Fellowships

Chris Bruff, Stephanie Kelly and Elizabeth Lamore were awarded Fellowships to attend a 3-day Anti-Bias and Social Justice Institue at the Community Roots Charter School in Brooklyn in order to explore principles and practices of social justice work, develop curriculum with an anti-bias lens, and build the capacity of our staff to lead this work in Lexington. (Awarded 2023-24)

PROGRAM GRANTS

Erin Cerat was awarded a Program Grant for Decodable Text Library and Resources to support the reading development of students who receive regular education reading support, ELL support and/or Special Education Reading support. (Awarded 2022-23)

SCHOOL COMMUNITY GRANTS

Bowman Elementary School was awarded a School Community Grant to host artist Daniel Dancer, “Art for the Sky” creator, "which involved a three-day, artist-in-residence experience”.

Daniel led 500 students and staff from the Bowman community in creating a colorful “tree” that is a blend of science, history and math: “a whole-body way of stimulating our imagination to see the elusive "big picture" and help us better understand our interconnection with all life”.

Students and staff participated in making sky art that began as a math problem. From a "thumbnail creation," the figure chosen is transformed to GIANT SIZE (generally 80ft X 100ft) through an ancient technique called "enlarging from scale”.

Mulch, recycled materials, leaves and fabric are used to add detail and color to the image.

Check out the finished product and head over to our YouTube page for a wonderful video showcasing the entire project! (Awarded 2023-24)

Bowman School was awarded a School Community Grant to fund a library celebration and two author visits. Kentrell Martin taught Kindergarten to grade two students 35 words in American Sign Language during his presentation. Corinne Demas talked to the third to fifth grade students about the process of writing a book. (Awarded 2022-23)